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Niger
Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west and Algeria to the northwest.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Alert
Recent institutional rupture: Coup 26 juillet 2023 (Tchiani).
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 27/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
4.8 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 3.2
- Economy 8.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 0 people and 2 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regime: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 3 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 2 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 2 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Niamey
- Population
- 26,312,034 inh.
- Area
- 1,267,000 km²
- Currency
- XOF
- Regime
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Executive in office
Head of State
Abdourahamane Tchiani
Head of Government
Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine
Parliament
Assemblée nationale
171 seats
Chair Ousseini Tinni
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
22 G$
GDP / capita
775 $
Growth
7.0 %
Inflation
-4.5 %
Unemployment
0.4 %
Defense / GDP
2.2 %
Life expectancy
61.4 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil
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1
Closed or handed over
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2
Closed or handed over
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.23/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
27/100
Corruption (CPI)
31/100
Press freedom (RSF)
46/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#102
Annual budget
0.5 Md$
Defense effort
2.1 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #7 Uranium 4 % 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
1 Md$
Imports
3 Md$
Balance
-2 Md$
Top exports
- 46% Or + uranium
Top imports
- 21% Pétrole raffiné
Export partners
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Émirats arabes unis
23%
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France
13%
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Mali
11%
Junte juillet 2023. Sanctions CEDEAO levées 2024.
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
24%
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GBR
27%
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FRA
33%
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DEU
33%
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RUS
62%
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CHN
67%
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IRN
56%
Abstention: 24%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Upcoming
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2029-12
Présidentielle (annoncée)
Last election
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2021-02-21
Présidentielle (avant coup)
Mohamed Bazoum (renversé 2023)
Last institutional rupture Coup 26 juillet 2023 (Tchiani)
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.419/1
Gini
32.9
Refugees hosted
385,986
Refugees originating
85,591
National anthem
L'Honneur de la Patrie
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Francophonie (OIF)
- OIC
- African Union
- AES
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,706 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,851, or ×1.4.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2021 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)